What Makes a Good City Strategy? : Competitive Cities for Jobs and Growth, Companion Paper 8

What Makes a Good City Strategy? : Competitive Cities for Jobs and Growth, Companion Paper 8

The objective of this paper is to review and analyze the best practices in developing and implementing city strategies, particularly in lower-income environments. It reviews available evidence to formulate the list of basic criteria that good strategies should meet, discusses three key questions tha...

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Main Author: Sivaev, Dmitry
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: 2016
Subjects:
PUBLIC OFFICIALS
EMPLOYMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
CITIES ALLIANCE
URBANIZATION
CITY
EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
URBAN GROWTH
COMMUNITY SUPPORT
AUTONOMY
URBAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS
GUARANTEES
FISCAL TRANSFERS
GOVERNMENT
INDUSTRY
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
STRATEGIES
GOOD GOVERNANCE
SERVICES
TAX COLLECTION
URBAN GOVERNANCE
HOUSING
REVENUES
CDS
MAYORS
INDUSTRIAL ZONES
PUBLIC BUDGETS
GAPS
PRIORITIES
PROJECTS
TAX
CITIES
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
REGIONAL GOVERNMENTS
STRATEGIC PLANNING
DEVELOPMENT PROCESS
CITY GOVERNMENTS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
GAP
SUBNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
URBAN STRATEGY
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
CIVIL SOCIETY
CITY DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVE
TRANSFERS
MINISTRIES
CRITERIA
MAYOR
NEEDS
ORGANIZATIONS
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES
SERVICE PROVISION
CITY PERFORMANCE
MEDIUM
LABOR
LOANS
SERVICE DELIVERY
CITY GOVERNANCE
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
FINANCE
GRANTS
INFRASTRUCTURE
DEVOLUTION
INITIATIVES
LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
CITY LEADERS
INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT
ACCOUNTABILITY
POLICIES
SOCIAL SERVICES
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
BEST PRACTICES
UTILITIES
BANK
INVESTIGATION
CAPACITY-BUILDING
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
STAKEHOLDERS
DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY
SECONDARY CITIES
IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGIES
BEST PRACTICE
REGULATORY PROCESSES
MUNICIPAL BUDGETS
HABITAT
CITY ECONOMIES
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS
CITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
POLICY
TOWN
URBAN STRATEGIES
CITY COMPETITIVENESS
GOVERNANCE
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
CITY STRATEGIES
MUNICIPALITY
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS
ORGANIZATION
POLICY INTERVENTIONS
POVERTY
DIS
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS
DECENTRALIZATION
CITY PLAN
DEVELOPMENT PLANS
DISTRIBUTION OF RESPONSIBILITIES
LEADERSHIP
COMMUNITY
AGREEMENT
STRATEGY
ADB
GOVERNMENTS
OBJECTIVES
CITY PLANNING
SERVICE
DISTRICTS
DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/12/25658532/makes-good-city-strategy
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/23567
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Summary:The objective of this paper is to review and analyze the best practices in developing and implementing city strategies, particularly in lower-income environments. It reviews available evidence to formulate the list of basic criteria that good strategies should meet, discusses three key questions that city strategies should address, and suggests how the widely applied LED and CDS approaches can be improved in the future.

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